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what people talk about defense they talk about we need to spend three or 4% of gdp for defense. i think that's a dumb approach. you need to spend as much foreign defense as you need to defend yourself. it was designed to be something so that sane people would never let it happen. [laughter] we confused the last part. because what happens is now if you sequester in 2013 and you don't make the decision until early spring, they only have the rest of the fiscal year to execute that. they have to take the cut about the last six or seven month of the years. less of your income in reality, you know that only 15% of your income is what you spend on food and that sort of stuff. everything else is rent or whatever. we stopped doing a lot of things we need to do. if you're going cut the defense budget. you have to contract it consistently and carefully. again, it has to come down. >> the third row. yeah. >> general, you certainly make war sound very exciting and in the long-term peace activists. not easy to say that. and the drones mark is quoted as saying are a terrifying tool. the abilit
what people talk about defense they talk about we need to spend three or 4% of gdp for defense. i think that's a dumb approach. you need to spend as much foreign defense as you need to defend yourself. it was designed to be something so that sane people would never let it happen. [laughter] we confused the last part. because what happens is now if you sequester in 2013 and you don't make the decision until early spring, they only have the rest of the fiscal year to execute that. they have to...
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because he understands as secretary of defense or anyone who wears the uniform is burden is now on our soldiers. and we have overloaded the circuits. of we've asked our military to damn near do everything. well, we should never, ever put the military in that position. not only are they not capable of doing everything, they can't. they're human. and so consequently, we're seeing a great deterioration in the quality of our army and the marines, we're doing great damage to our fort structure. and i talk about that in the book. but soft power, how do we use all the instruments of our government, of our country, of our reputation? i talk about the first, in the first part, first section reintroducing mesh to the world. i -- america to the world. i think for the next president in his or her administration and the new congress, that's going to be as critical a component and urgent focus that the new president is going to have. this new president is going to have to reconnect america with the world. the world does not know who we are, and that should not come as any great surprise when you loo
because he understands as secretary of defense or anyone who wears the uniform is burden is now on our soldiers. and we have overloaded the circuits. of we've asked our military to damn near do everything. well, we should never, ever put the military in that position. not only are they not capable of doing everything, they can't. they're human. and so consequently, we're seeing a great deterioration in the quality of our army and the marines, we're doing great damage to our fort structure. and...
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people talk about defense and they talk about spending three or 4 percent of gdp. i think that is a dumb approach. we need to spend as much for offenses you need to defend yourself, but no more. the sequestering is completely different. sequestering is designed to be something that is so unpalatable the same people would never let it happen. what happens is now if you sequester in 2013 and you don't make a decision until early spring they only have the rest of the fiscal year to execute which means they have to take all these cuts, and there are a bunch of things that you cannot cut because they are contracted or things. next month to have to spend 20 percent less or 50 percent less. you know that only 50 percent of your income is what you spend on food and that sort of stuff. you have your house, but you don't eat. that scared of what happens in sequestering. because you have to take it out of those areas where you have that ability. we stopped doing a lot of things that we need to do. if you're going to cut the defense budget consistently and carefully. it has to
people talk about defense and they talk about spending three or 4 percent of gdp. i think that is a dumb approach. we need to spend as much for offenses you need to defend yourself, but no more. the sequestering is completely different. sequestering is designed to be something that is so unpalatable the same people would never let it happen. what happens is now if you sequester in 2013 and you don't make a decision until early spring they only have the rest of the fiscal year to execute which...
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he priestly served as fellow for defense and homeland security. he is well verse inside the special area operations as well as defense support to civil authorities. he served for three decades as an army special forces officer and top pentagon official in july 2001 he assumed the duties of military assistant to secretary rumsfeld and worked daily with the secretary for the next five and a half years and then upon retirement from the army he continued at the pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of defense. please join me in welcoming steve bucci. steve? [applause] >> let me add my welcome to all of you. i think we're going to have a real treat this morning. as john mentioned, i'm a special forces officer by profession, and so this area is near and dear to my heart because this is kind of what we do, or did. they don't let me do it anymore. [laughter] i mentioned to max when he came in a little historical artifact in that when i was a cadet at west point, i bought a book that had just been published. it was a two-volume set. it was called war in t
he priestly served as fellow for defense and homeland security. he is well verse inside the special area operations as well as defense support to civil authorities. he served for three decades as an army special forces officer and top pentagon official in july 2001 he assumed the duties of military assistant to secretary rumsfeld and worked daily with the secretary for the next five and a half years and then upon retirement from the army he continued at the pentagon as deputy assistant...
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but then i had to turn it into the dod, department of defense did their check over it. it did go to all the seal teams, and everybody you've worked for gets their chop on it to make sure you didn't say anything that was classified or anything that, you know, you're gonna -- more or less you don't want to hurt a bunch of feelings if you don't have to. >> host: was anything taken out of the book, the original manuscript? >> guest: there were a few things taken out, yes, sir. >> host: lisa, burlington, north carolina. you're on booktv with chris kyle. >> caller: hello? >> host: lisa, please go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: hello? >> host: lisa, we're going to move on. kay in omaha, nebraska. good afternoon. >> caller: hi there. i just wanted to thank you. i never call on the phone and that, and i was just getting ready to hang up, but i just wanted to know that my dad was post commander of the american legion, and on memorial day we all marched out to out of town in that and went up to the cemetery and paid our respects, and the guys shot off the guns and
but then i had to turn it into the dod, department of defense did their check over it. it did go to all the seal teams, and everybody you've worked for gets their chop on it to make sure you didn't say anything that was classified or anything that, you know, you're gonna -- more or less you don't want to hurt a bunch of feelings if you don't have to. >> host: was anything taken out of the book, the original manuscript? >> guest: there were a few things taken out, yes, sir. >>...
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except for defense. now, i can debate that with anyone who wants to debate, but that has to be said, because this is a problem that we have dealt with and you've talked about, but we've got to get on record this administration has not given the priorities to the mail tear, and that's my statement. you can either agree with or not agree with. we have to do something about it. about an hour and 20 minute aves the first attack on benghazi's compound, secretary panetta, you and chairman dempsey were at the white house for a prescheduled meeting on a different topic at that time. and i think that's when tom donly came in and informed you all about what happened in benghazi. it that the right time frame? >> yeah. i think we have regular meetings with the president. this is one of our weekly meetings with the president, and i should tell you that i had -- just before i went into that meeting, got an update that there had been the attack there. so something -- i introduced to the president. >> i see. okay. let m
except for defense. now, i can debate that with anyone who wants to debate, but that has to be said, because this is a problem that we have dealt with and you've talked about, but we've got to get on record this administration has not given the priorities to the mail tear, and that's my statement. you can either agree with or not agree with. we have to do something about it. about an hour and 20 minute aves the first attack on benghazi's compound, secretary panetta, you and chairman dempsey...
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one, do you support or oppose chuck hagel as secretary of defense? two, with your evaluation of thomas ricks criticism of american general since world war ii except for you a general petraeus? [laughter] >> , see brilliant as his wife is. i just finished this book. it's painful to read about generous he criticized because it's correct. you see it and go i'm guilty of that. and we had shortcomings of not being strategically enough minded. you focus on your job, tactical part of the nation and not think in a big strategic problem you're trying to solve. the criticism is not hiring enough people. we don't fired generals. that may or may not be a good criticism. it's certainly worth paying attention to, but it's a useful thing to throw out there. so what was the first one? chuck hagel. if chuck hagel will take the job right now, god bless him. whoever secretary of defense, they are going to go through this constricting budget, implement things like females in combat, which i agree with, but in lamenting will be hard. something will come to head with iran
one, do you support or oppose chuck hagel as secretary of defense? two, with your evaluation of thomas ricks criticism of american general since world war ii except for you a general petraeus? [laughter] >> , see brilliant as his wife is. i just finished this book. it's painful to read about generous he criticized because it's correct. you see it and go i'm guilty of that. and we had shortcomings of not being strategically enough minded. you focus on your job, tactical part of the nation...
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melvin argues that the government is spending excessively on defense. making us less secure. watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. next on booktv, petered bergen and a panel of contributors discuss the book "talibanistan: negotiating the borders between terror, politics and religion" which expores the threat posed by extremist who operate in the border area between afghanistan and pakistan. this is about an hour and a half. ♪ good morning. good afternoon, everybody. welcome. i'm steve cool i'm the president of new america foundation. it's my pleasure to welcome do you to the event briefly and introduce our subject, which from our perspective involves the launch of the book that somebody will hold up for the audience. since i don't have a copy. "talibanistan." i just wanted to say a few words about where this book came from and why the subject matter. you'll hear discussed today struck us as worthy of what became really a couple of years of endeavor at new america lead by peter bergen who will be the host and mod
melvin argues that the government is spending excessively on defense. making us less secure. watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. next on booktv, petered bergen and a panel of contributors discuss the book "talibanistan: negotiating the borders between terror, politics and religion" which expores the threat posed by extremist who operate in the border area between afghanistan and pakistan. this is about an hour and a...
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defense cuts. this year about $55 billion will be sequester sequestered in ways that will be uniquely injurious to the department. it's not just that this is an automatic, across-the-board meat cleaver approach, but there was some wiggle room granted to the president and particularly he's chosen to preserve personnel benefits. so the consistents that have to be made coming as they will come, about halfway through the budget year, will fall disproportionately on weapons procurement and research, but in particular on the operations and maintenance accounts that go for making trained and ready units for deployment. and because this so-called o&m set of accounts also uncolludes things that are sort of automatic like a certain amount of health care spending for defense health programs, it means that even, an even larger burden will fall on those relatively rapid spending accounts that are most directly associated with making units ready to deploy to combat theaters. so i'm sure the department will say -
defense cuts. this year about $55 billion will be sequester sequestered in ways that will be uniquely injurious to the department. it's not just that this is an automatic, across-the-board meat cleaver approach, but there was some wiggle room granted to the president and particularly he's chosen to preserve personnel benefits. so the consistents that have to be made coming as they will come, about halfway through the budget year, will fall disproportionately on weapons procurement and research,...
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week. >> the defense minister has left a happy man as i'm told. [inaudible] >> we don't discuss list in public forums, but it is not -- we have been number one. bsa said have come to this whole process. they been asked to come to the whole process as you drive down with an announced timetable that we financed to come. we can do what we can to assist as they ask for whichever prisoner releases. we've been doing that. we have been doing that and complete ordination to the corporate process we run. instantly that kept running even when high-level talks are suspended between pakistan and the united states. so we did keep that process going. i think there is no substitution at all. [inaudible] >> you can certainly be that plan. we will do everything we can and there's no equivocation here. we'll do everything we can in the timeline they are looking for. >> attacked by the end of this year. >> they are very clear. we want to wear happy to to arrange whatever we can. i think united seen at is the engagement that all had with the u.k. just recently, there
week. >> the defense minister has left a happy man as i'm told. [inaudible] >> we don't discuss list in public forums, but it is not -- we have been number one. bsa said have come to this whole process. they been asked to come to the whole process as you drive down with an announced timetable that we financed to come. we can do what we can to assist as they ask for whichever prisoner releases. we've been doing that. we have been doing that and complete ordination to the corporate...
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that one affects many of the entities within the ministry of defense and interior. i guess my question is, have you looked at the downward trend which is providing assistance and whether as you move toward 2014 many more of those entities without assistance will be unable to accomplish the mission and therefore unable to provide the security that we can structure requires. >> the second question is over here. >> hi, sir. i return from afghanistan a few weeks ago. >> please identify yourself. >> sonship. i don't wish to announce by affiliation because this is a question based on experience. you have termed results and impact, but it is not clear whether your running and the difference between that and the ultimate impact on how the afghans perceive the legitimacy of the government which i think is our ultimate goal in our activities in a country. and so without a clearly stated set of in state rules are however i'm not sure how you can announce the implementing partners to be responsible to what you're asking. i just want to clarify, are you asking -- are you auditin
that one affects many of the entities within the ministry of defense and interior. i guess my question is, have you looked at the downward trend which is providing assistance and whether as you move toward 2014 many more of those entities without assistance will be unable to accomplish the mission and therefore unable to provide the security that we can structure requires. >> the second question is over here. >> hi, sir. i return from afghanistan a few weeks ago. >> please...
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tomorrow morning outgoing defense secretary leon panetta will speak at georgetown university. he announced he will resign once the senate confirms his successor. live coverage of secretary panetta's speech beginning at 930 eastern here on c-span2 and at c-span.org. >> during the presidency of her husband, james madison as british troops invaded the capitol and the war of 1812 she is known for saving a portrait of george washington and other valuables from the white house. the delhi madison, one of the women who served as first lady in the new original series' first ladies, influence and its image, the republican private lives, interest, and influence on the president bruce with the white house historical association. season one begins president's state of your 18 at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on that c-span, at c-span radio, and c-span.org. the urban institute hosted a discussion about the history of the income tax and about the change their replacement of it. moderating this 90 minute discussion. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everybody. welcome to the urban
tomorrow morning outgoing defense secretary leon panetta will speak at georgetown university. he announced he will resign once the senate confirms his successor. live coverage of secretary panetta's speech beginning at 930 eastern here on c-span2 and at c-span.org. >> during the presidency of her husband, james madison as british troops invaded the capitol and the war of 1812 she is known for saving a portrait of george washington and other valuables from the white house. the delhi...
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. >> the afghan defense minister presented that last week. >> i'm glad the defense minister has left a happy man. [inaudible] >> we don't discuss listened public forums, but it is not -- we have number one, he said something buddy substitution. no, we essay said have come through this whole process. we been asked to the process quite beta is forced to but then announced time table can be financed to come very good. we do all we can as they asked for and have been doing that. we have been doing that in complete coordination to the corporate process we run. incidentally, that kept running, even when high-level talks were suspended between the pakistan and we did keep the process going. i think there is no substitution at all. >> we will do everything we can -- we will do everything we can in the timeline they are looking for her. [inaudible] >> absolutely, they are very clear. we want to and were happy to arrange whatever we can. .. the do you if you. >> any county which process is actually a part of its? >> we have a fine line of releases which we are cooperating my department went. t
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the defense department is in a position where we will respond. if we're asked to do something. we will do it. but we're not out there basically making judgments about you know what embassies are secure or not secure. what are the threats in the various embassies. you have to leave that up to the chief of station. and chief of mission to be able to make that determination. >> with our neo plans that with have, we have approximately 285 diplomatic missions out there. how far along are we in having plans for all of them? >> as we said we have embassies throughout in the world and not all, obviously are benghazi or tripoli or tunisia. the reality is that in most countries, in the world, we can rely on the host country to provide security. they're there. they're willing to do it. they do a good job. there are some of these embassies in some of these more volatile countries that are of concern. and those were the nineteen that we're designated by the state department as ones we had to look at more closely and develop a better approach to providing security. because there part of the
the defense department is in a position where we will respond. if we're asked to do something. we will do it. but we're not out there basically making judgments about you know what embassies are secure or not secure. what are the threats in the various embassies. you have to leave that up to the chief of station. and chief of mission to be able to make that determination. >> with our neo plans that with have, we have approximately 285 diplomatic missions out there. how far along are we in...
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defense financial management. and the most significant thing that can be done in this area is finally getting the department auditable. there can be no doubt that the ability of the department to be audited independently would help ensure that defense dollars are not wasted, lost, or otherwise misused. absent audittability, the general accountability office, the g.a.o., has since 1995 designated the department's financial management as high risk. today's fiscal challenges bring new urgency to the issue of audittability at the department of defense. to navigate successfully through this period of austerity and fiscal uncertainty without inadvertently impinging on military readiness, the department will have to make management decisions that are fully informed and carefully calibrated. and to ensure intended results, the department has to make sure that these decisions are being executed as planned. from well-managed companies in the private sector, which have to make decisions like this all the time, we know that r
defense financial management. and the most significant thing that can be done in this area is finally getting the department auditable. there can be no doubt that the ability of the department to be audited independently would help ensure that defense dollars are not wasted, lost, or otherwise misused. absent audittability, the general accountability office, the g.a.o., has since 1995 designated the department's financial management as high risk. today's fiscal challenges bring new urgency to...
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that there is going to be yet another round of defense cuts. this year, about $55 billion will be sequestered in ways that you need to the department. it's not that this is just automatic across-the-board meat cleaver approach. but there was some wiggle room granted to the president and particularly he has chosen personal benefits. so the cuts that have to be made, coming as they will come, about halfway through the budget year will fall disproportionately on the weapons procurement and research , in particular on the maintenance accounts that make trained and ready units for deployment. and because this set of accounts also includes things it means that it will fall on these rapid spending accounts that are most directly associated with making units ready to deploy the combat fields. now, i am sure that the department was intact last week and the chairman said we have a set of managed cuts. we are managing them so that noncritical counts will be protected. well, sometimes there is not much that isn't pretty critical. ammunition and gasoline, f
that there is going to be yet another round of defense cuts. this year, about $55 billion will be sequestered in ways that you need to the department. it's not that this is just automatic across-the-board meat cleaver approach. but there was some wiggle room granted to the president and particularly he has chosen personal benefits. so the cuts that have to be made, coming as they will come, about halfway through the budget year will fall disproportionately on the weapons procurement and...
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here is a couple minutes of hearing. >> on that tragic day, as always, the department of defense was prepared for a wide range of contingencies. just to remind you that in ctc in the six months prior to that attack identified some 281 threats to u.s. diplomats, diplomatic facilities, embassies to ambassadors, and consulates worldwide. obviously been gauzy was one of those almost 300 areas of concern. unfortunately there was no specific intelligence are indications of an imminent -- intimate attack on the u.s. facilities in benghazi. frankly, without an adequate warning there was not enough time given the speed of the attack for armed military assets to respond. that is not just my view for general dempsey's you. it was the view of the accountability review board that studied. in the months since the tragedy in the temporary facility in the nearby and a seven gauzy we have learned to -- there were actually to short duration attacks that occurred some six hours apart. again, there was no specific intelligence that indicated a second attack would occur at the amex some 2 miles away. the
here is a couple minutes of hearing. >> on that tragic day, as always, the department of defense was prepared for a wide range of contingencies. just to remind you that in ctc in the six months prior to that attack identified some 281 threats to u.s. diplomats, diplomatic facilities, embassies to ambassadors, and consulates worldwide. obviously been gauzy was one of those almost 300 areas of concern. unfortunately there was no specific intelligence are indications of an imminent --...
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and we may also use force consistent with our inherit right of national self-defense. there is nothing in international law that bans the use of remotely piloted aircraft for the purpose or that prohibits us from usinglet l force against our enemies outside of an active battle field. at least when the country involved can sense or is unable or unwilling to take action against the threat. second, targeted strikes are ethical. without question, the ability to target a specific individual from hundreds or thousands of miles away raises profound questions. here i think it is useful to consider such strikes against the basic principles of the law of war that governor the use of force. targeted strikes conform to the principle of necessity. the requirement that the target have definite military value. in this armed conflict, individuals who are part of al qaeda or associated forces are legislated mate, military targets. we have the authority to target them with lethal force, just as we target enemy leaders in past conflicts. such as germans and japanese commanders during wor
and we may also use force consistent with our inherit right of national self-defense. there is nothing in international law that bans the use of remotely piloted aircraft for the purpose or that prohibits us from usinglet l force against our enemies outside of an active battle field. at least when the country involved can sense or is unable or unwilling to take action against the threat. second, targeted strikes are ethical. without question, the ability to target a specific individual from...
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they are not commonly owned or used for self-defense or any other purpose. i don't know functionally how the atf characterizes. it would be to say that is a problem and some sense that is true as that is their job. these things are machine guns and it seems they should be scrutinized more carefully but i'm sure there's a market for anything but i have never seen one or used one. they are more an oddity. but it seems to me we should not confuse that with the ar-15 if you visit the fire are museum, which i urge people to do in fairfax, they had taken the springfield, produced 40,000 that were semi-automatic. it is the gun of that era. if you are an engineer you can do anything. it is a felony to do with. i would be careful. it should be. machine guns are illegal in this country and have been and should be. semiautomatics are not. >> they like to make the point* semiautomatic rifles in this country have been less widely available before that. to find the gun that was taken in 18 '06 is said the semiautomatic rifle it has said 20 round magazine of those firearms
they are not commonly owned or used for self-defense or any other purpose. i don't know functionally how the atf characterizes. it would be to say that is a problem and some sense that is true as that is their job. these things are machine guns and it seems they should be scrutinized more carefully but i'm sure there's a market for anything but i have never seen one or used one. they are more an oddity. but it seems to me we should not confuse that with the ar-15 if you visit the fire are...
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we can't secure national defense secrets now. the odds are if we kept the registry. it's illegal now. if you go through the dicks system, they can check you but they can't keep the record. because it's checked and there's no gun registry. candidate imposed a big registry that would abolished because it costs billions of dollars and didn't do anything. back in the '60s between '60s and '80s people had to keep track of ammunition sales and the government said this is makes no sense because ammunition is a commodity that doesn't do any good. and it takes tons and tons of paperwork and bureaucrats for us to look at it. the question is what works and what wasn't work? those are things that don't. >> michael warren? >> you mentioned that -- the democrats who members of your organization it seems to me maybe the most prominent democrat associate with the nra is harry reid. i don't know if he's still a member, he was a member at one point. i wonder if you characterize the nra relationship with harry reid own the years and also talk about what you have communicated about over
we can't secure national defense secrets now. the odds are if we kept the registry. it's illegal now. if you go through the dicks system, they can check you but they can't keep the record. because it's checked and there's no gun registry. candidate imposed a big registry that would abolished because it costs billions of dollars and didn't do anything. back in the '60s between '60s and '80s people had to keep track of ammunition sales and the government said this is makes no sense because...
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stick to the defense of deadly hostage rates that stem from this necessity to enlist the health and control in the border. the mission cannot succeed without the assistance of algeria, period. and they are different on the british initially. so the french fear that they have economic interests and intervene in northern mali. they feel that the control of the interests but also that it would destabilize far more important allies as a major concern in the capital's. they have the transborder militancy has exacerbated by the difficult space transitions and north africa and by the state fragility in north africa. the risks for the spillover our real. it is fast lee becoming a smuggling headquarters are between libya and there's a huge concern within the of their government in the interviews that geneva is becoming for now a corridor for the dealers and it's becoming frequent as well as the case on january 17th when the security forces arrested militant groups in the confiscated grenades and rifles it could be more than a transit route. they are currently fighting alongside mog -- fathi hill mag
stick to the defense of deadly hostage rates that stem from this necessity to enlist the health and control in the border. the mission cannot succeed without the assistance of algeria, period. and they are different on the british initially. so the french fear that they have economic interests and intervene in northern mali. they feel that the control of the interests but also that it would destabilize far more important allies as a major concern in the capital's. they have the transborder...
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[laughter] following her service in the canadian forces, she has become a defense scientist on their behalf, and she's the editor and contributing writer to several books about women in the canadian forces. she's an expert in culture, diversity, gender, leadership and women in the combat arms. she's completed her ph.d. dissertation entitled negotiations gender in the canadian forces, 1970-1999. next to her is captain lori manning, she spent 25 years in the navy, served on many high-level staff including those of the chief of naval affairs, commander u.s. forces europe and the cno. she is the direct or of the women in military project at the women's research and education institute. she served for six years on secretary of veterans affairs advisory committee on women vets and was a member of the military advisory committee at the service members' legal defense network for three years. and on the end next to her is colonel ingrid gjerde with operational experience in the norwegian army. she began active duty in 1987 and has ground combat experience to share with us. she served as a pla
[laughter] following her service in the canadian forces, she has become a defense scientist on their behalf, and she's the editor and contributing writer to several books about women in the canadian forces. she's an expert in culture, diversity, gender, leadership and women in the combat arms. she's completed her ph.d. dissertation entitled negotiations gender in the canadian forces, 1970-1999. next to her is captain lori manning, she spent 25 years in the navy, served on many high-level staff...
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we can look at the department of defense, department of state, department of justice, at any agency in afghanistan. we have the largest oversight presence on the ground in afghanistan. we have the most aggressive program. we also have the most successful record of working with afghan law enforcement in prosecuting interesting individuals in afghan courts. we are a temporary agency. we go out of existence. we sunset. when reconstruction drops below 250 million dollars. we are in the billions right now. we have some very unique contacting authorities. it allows us to get the best people as quickly as we can for what i think is the most dangerous oversight job in the united states government. this also give us the responsibility and the authority in statute to leave and recommend policies to improve the afghan reconstruction effort. accordingly, i believe it is our job to evaluate the bigger picture and offer direction as necessary and appropriate. just last wednesday, bob alluded to the fact i just returned from afghanistan. everyone there in the embassy and military is intensely focused
we can look at the department of defense, department of state, department of justice, at any agency in afghanistan. we have the largest oversight presence on the ground in afghanistan. we have the most aggressive program. we also have the most successful record of working with afghan law enforcement in prosecuting interesting individuals in afghan courts. we are a temporary agency. we go out of existence. we sunset. when reconstruction drops below 250 million dollars. we are in the billions...
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by decline in defense spending. we made budget room for extra spending in those programs in the past by reducing the share of the economy's resources that are being devoted to defense. that's not a strategy that can be repeated in that magnitude over the next 40 years, because defense spending has come way down as a share of g.d.p. and because of demographic pressures and the spending of those programs are so intense. we had never really confronted i think quite the pressure to either change spending or to raise tax revenue in the way we are confronting it now. any other questions? ok. thank you all very much for coming. \[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] \[captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> tomorrow, chris van hollen. he talked about the federal debt and deficit sequestration settled began on march 1. working with paul ryan on the budget. the amount is a new tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern and again at 6:00 eastern. >> will continue our discussion on the economy and nati
by decline in defense spending. we made budget room for extra spending in those programs in the past by reducing the share of the economy's resources that are being devoted to defense. that's not a strategy that can be repeated in that magnitude over the next 40 years, because defense spending has come way down as a share of g.d.p. and because of demographic pressures and the spending of those programs are so intense. we had never really confronted i think quite the pressure to either change...
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china's defense ministry issued a statement denying that ever happened. the state refers to two different incidents. crews on the chinese frigot approached a helicopter because it approached their vessel. a chinese ship monday stored a destroyer following it at close range. but the statement denies chinese crews used fire-controlled radar in either instance. it says officials in tokyo released false reports without confirming the facts with their counterparts in beijing. a spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry also denied japan's claim. >> translator: all of our departments have published the true facts. the japanese claims are complete fabrication. >> later on friday, japan's vice foreign minister summoned china's ambassador to protest the denials. he urged chinese authorities to reinvestigate the case and to adopt preventive measures. >>> japanese defense representatives have provided more information to back up their version of what happened at the end of january. they say their data shows the crew on the chinese frigate used their weapons rada
china's defense ministry issued a statement denying that ever happened. the state refers to two different incidents. crews on the chinese frigot approached a helicopter because it approached their vessel. a chinese ship monday stored a destroyer following it at close range. but the statement denies chinese crews used fire-controlled radar in either instance. it says officials in tokyo released false reports without confirming the facts with their counterparts in beijing. a spokesperson for the...
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judy lickman in 1993 was head of the legal women's defense fund. she and her colleague played critical rules in getting the fmla written, introduced and across the finish line. i want to mention those heroes who worked so hard for this important bill. but there's still more work to do, mr. president, to insure that families are fully able to see their family responsibilities as well as maintain economic security. today workers are ineligible to take fmla for a variety of reasons. some workers do not have enough tenure with their current employer, even if they have been in the workforce for years. you see, the fmla requires a year of service. but in today's economy, workers more frequently change jobs. and, of course, family emergencies happen without warning. other workers are not able to accumulate the required 1,250 hours of work at a single employer in the preceding year. with the growth in part-time work, both by choice and by necessity, more workers may be ineligible for fmla even though they are long-term, dedicated employees. and millions of
judy lickman in 1993 was head of the legal women's defense fund. she and her colleague played critical rules in getting the fmla written, introduced and across the finish line. i want to mention those heroes who worked so hard for this important bill. but there's still more work to do, mr. president, to insure that families are fully able to see their family responsibilities as well as maintain economic security. today workers are ineligible to take fmla for a variety of reasons. some workers...
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. >> last december we did the defense authorization bill. we dispensed with 380 amendments and we went forward and we did the right thing. i am, guardedly optimistic we will do, we -- >> we did that bill and postal reform toward the end of last year. it was little-noticed but there were a number of important and complicated pieces of legislation, that didn't pass the house, most of them. the defense did, that got through the senate with good bipartisan support. >> senator mccain do you buy the pendulum idea that it reached its nadir, right at the bottom and reached its worst point and is getting better? >> i do. i do. maybe i'm wrong. maybe that's not the case. but i think as chuck just mentioned we've sown we can make certain progress in other areas and i think historians who study the senate, as boring as this might be, will look back on this aversion of this nuclear option because, if it had happened and it was going to happen unless we had come up with this road map for the leaders, maybe that is sound a little egotistical, but it's true
. >> last december we did the defense authorization bill. we dispensed with 380 amendments and we went forward and we did the right thing. i am, guardedly optimistic we will do, we -- >> we did that bill and postal reform toward the end of last year. it was little-noticed but there were a number of important and complicated pieces of legislation, that didn't pass the house, most of them. the defense did, that got through the senate with good bipartisan support. >> senator...
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for all defense policies and congressional laws, it goes into the national defense authorization act. for the entire year, what i am doing is can he ready for that time. it is extremely difficult to get past all of the challenges in order to get that provision into the bill. especially for a democrat and republican majority congress, it is extremely hard. we continued to fight and we continued to introduce amendments and bills saying let's repeal this policy. we get a couple of co-sponsors here and there. it never really made it anywhere, except for the that the firm wanted the voice to be heard. with secretary panetta coming out and repeal of this policy is incredible. she is extremely excited, but concerned in terms of implementation, making sure the three deadlines on that, making sure the oversight is there, and making sure the right people are looking at it. we talked about the time lines, but there are three main gates. 2013 when the services have to give their implementation plans. they have to report to congress, the 30 day rule. they can start develop -- developing, the viewi
for all defense policies and congressional laws, it goes into the national defense authorization act. for the entire year, what i am doing is can he ready for that time. it is extremely difficult to get past all of the challenges in order to get that provision into the bill. especially for a democrat and republican majority congress, it is extremely hard. we continued to fight and we continued to introduce amendments and bills saying let's repeal this policy. we get a couple of co-sponsors here...
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cuts for the defense contractors and they're very worried about that. it won't be good for the comply but now that they've settled the tax question it may not be all that bad. gwen: have they settled by delaying this debt limit deadline -- have they settled that or -- >> march 1 the spending cuts hit. march 27 the government's authority to operate runs out and then the debt ceiling is hit again on may 19 or something. i think that the republicans appear to have decided they don't want to have a fight over the debt ceiling so having -- that's pretty clever -- they didn't raise the debt ceiling, they suspended it for a couple of months. i think they're signaling they want to have a fight over spending and they don't see the debt ceiling as a good lever. gwen: boy, it feels like we're going to be talking about this more. you made it very clear. i like that. it has become an article of faith in washington that common ground is the capital's most valuable and elusive real estate so it was remarkable to watch four democrats and four republicans announce that
cuts for the defense contractors and they're very worried about that. it won't be good for the comply but now that they've settled the tax question it may not be all that bad. gwen: have they settled by delaying this debt limit deadline -- have they settled that or -- >> march 1 the spending cuts hit. march 27 the government's authority to operate runs out and then the debt ceiling is hit again on may 19 or something. i think that the republicans appear to have decided they don't want to...
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this is something that the secretary of defense has the power to do on his own authority. but most senators have no interest in that. in this rape crisis in the american military and they wasted their time today talking about policy questions that have nothing to do with being secretary of defense. joining me now alex wagner and eugene robinson. >> alex, in our military today, women are actually putting their lives at risk simply bien listing. and we have to sit there today and watch the senators wander all over today about policies that have nothing to do with being secretary of defense when they have this crime crisis right in front of them. >> the reasons for that are two-fold. one is violence perpetrated against women have been ignored by the congress of recent years. the violence against women act has not been renewed. plenty of republican folks running for congress had a robust and totally untethered to reality conversation about rape or protecting women. in some way it is sort of understandable i guess or ignoring issues pertaining to issues and their health. i thin
this is something that the secretary of defense has the power to do on his own authority. but most senators have no interest in that. in this rape crisis in the american military and they wasted their time today talking about policy questions that have nothing to do with being secretary of defense. joining me now alex wagner and eugene robinson. >> alex, in our military today, women are actually putting their lives at risk simply bien listing. and we have to sit there today and watch the...
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also we have to reduce our areas of -- in our national defense. when we spoke earlier i was pleased to hear you did not support these indiscriminate, unprioritized cuts that sequestration would cause. if allowed to take effect, how would sequestration impact the ability to meet the future threats and challenges? as i shared with you i chaired the subcommittee on the threats and capabilities. so i'm particularly interested in your thoughts. you were commenting on the cyber issues airforce basely being considered in the emerging threats and capability. so my question is what impact do you believe that these cuts would have on our service members and their families at home and abroad and in particular, the cuts in the sequestration, how would this impact areas such as cyber security and the other areas? >> well, first, as we have said this morning and you know the chiefs made very clear, secretary penetta. there would be serious consequences to the management of our defense department and our ability to have the flexibility and make the decisions not
also we have to reduce our areas of -- in our national defense. when we spoke earlier i was pleased to hear you did not support these indiscriminate, unprioritized cuts that sequestration would cause. if allowed to take effect, how would sequestration impact the ability to meet the future threats and challenges? as i shared with you i chaired the subcommittee on the threats and capabilities. so i'm particularly interested in your thoughts. you were commenting on the cyber issues airforce basely...
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question and not an economic or budgetary question, the budget can be cut 100 different ways and the defense budget can become 100 different ways, or not at all. this whole element of the conversation has to be retired. there are crises that involve our values but not our interests. there are crises that of all our interest and on our bellies. there are crises that of all of both. obviously, the ones they're involved our interests are the easy ones. there are some challenges that to not seem to involve our interests very much, but we do bring our values and to a question. the classic example would be rwanda. circassia given the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis there -- syria, given the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis there, there is no greater blow that could be dealt to iran than the fall of the assad regime. if one wants to be a cold hearted realist and criticize all the public and moral considerations that people like me like to develop, there is no question that from a cold strategic standpoint, our interest requires us to do what ever we can. what i said what ever we can -- her
question and not an economic or budgetary question, the budget can be cut 100 different ways and the defense budget can become 100 different ways, or not at all. this whole element of the conversation has to be retired. there are crises that involve our values but not our interests. there are crises that of all our interest and on our bellies. there are crises that of all of both. obviously, the ones they're involved our interests are the easy ones. there are some challenges that to not seem to...
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. >> he wants to become the next secretary of defense. >> gear up for a gold old fashioned grills. i want to know if you were right or wrong. >> will you please answer the question. >> if you would like me to explain. >> i would actually like an answer. >> i want the truth. you can't handle the truth. >> haegle faces questions from the panel. >> balance the budget and also the issue of sexual assault in the military. >> now estimated at 19,000 a year. >> they want to create the fear. >> a woman trying to defend her children. women he needed to defend themselves. >> they want to create the fear. >> trying to inject fear where a mother runs out of bullets. >> six bullets may not be enough. it is all fear based. >> at the senate hearing today for chuck haegle for secretary of defense. most senators thought this was the big question. >> troubling statements that he has made about israel. >> refused to sign the letter supporting israel. >> israel our relationship with israel. >> do you think the nation of israel has committed war crimes? >> john mccain thought this was the big question.
. >> he wants to become the next secretary of defense. >> gear up for a gold old fashioned grills. i want to know if you were right or wrong. >> will you please answer the question. >> if you would like me to explain. >> i would actually like an answer. >> i want the truth. you can't handle the truth. >> haegle faces questions from the panel. >> balance the budget and also the issue of sexual assault in the military. >> now estimated at...
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our defense bummingt is $5 billion for the whole year. you are spending $2 billion a week. so it's not even apples and oranges. so don't always lay at our door what this force, this big global force could do. we are doing what we can and we will continue to do that responsibly. >> last question. >> i to follow up a bit on the whole question you mentioned several times -- thank you for doing this, the notion of the drones being a red line for pakistan. normally when countries talk about red lines, if one country crosses that red line, that is grounds for a breech or some kind of if not striking down those drones, certainly a breach in relations. and we haven't seen that kind of a breach in the way we did over the g lock and i'm wondering why not. if it is such a red line. >> the g lock closing was -- >> of course. >> the killing of our soldiers on that border. this is an ano, ma'am li we are constantly addressing in all conversations of the united states. and it's certainly not part of our play book to have drone operations carry on in pakistan. it never was. and we don't se
our defense bummingt is $5 billion for the whole year. you are spending $2 billion a week. so it's not even apples and oranges. so don't always lay at our door what this force, this big global force could do. we are doing what we can and we will continue to do that responsibly. >> last question. >> i to follow up a bit on the whole question you mentioned several times -- thank you for doing this, the notion of the drones being a red line for pakistan. normally when countries talk...
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action plan on women, peace and security that recognizes that diplomatically and in development, in defense, we need to incorporate the role of women into our work in those areas, wherever it happens around the world. >> the post of global ambassador for women's issues, will that continue? have you been guaranteed that? >> yes. that will definitely continue. it was, as you know, the first time it had been done in our government. i think it has more than proved its worth to be able to say that the united states of america has a global ambassador for women's issues demonstrates that we have institutionalized the concerns that we all have about what we can do to make the world better for women and girls and by doing so, serve our own interests. >> when you were meeting with female country leaders and negotiating, how was it different? >> it's interesting, the women who are in leadership positions right now around the world are a very interesting group. and they are both by their actions and their words, strong advocates for women. let me just give you a couple of examples. ellen johnson sirlea
action plan on women, peace and security that recognizes that diplomatically and in development, in defense, we need to incorporate the role of women into our work in those areas, wherever it happens around the world. >> the post of global ambassador for women's issues, will that continue? have you been guaranteed that? >> yes. that will definitely continue. it was, as you know, the first time it had been done in our government. i think it has more than proved its worth to be able...
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he will be he will be at the defense department doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he could potentially try to keep united states out of another war without being able to either to offer a vision for another way to deal with this challenge the islamic republic poses a real challenge for the united states and a real challenge to israel in the region that challenges to significantly constrain both the united states and israel as preferred strategy for the region which is to project force whenever wherever and whatever degree we want unilaterally the islamic republic of iran challenges that not with tanks so that they go and park their tanks in other people's countries they challenge that with their narrative they. pose that viscerally at its core chuck hagel said some very unflattering things about these trade lobby that they're quote unquote intimidating a lot of p
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defense downsize. >> if these cuts happen, there will be a serious disruption in defense programs and a sharp decline in our military readiness. >> leon panetta is leaving his job as secretary of defense. in an impassioned address this week, secretary panetta warned of the looming budget cuts the pentagon faces due to sequestration. sequestration is washington argot for automatic spending cuts that will slash defense department budget by roughly $42.7 billion this year alone. the cuts are currently scheduled to go into effect on march 1, three weeks away. in his speech, panetta says the pentagon is already preparing itself for the budget axe. one of the most visible signs weeing the reduction from two to one the number of aircraft carriers the u.s. operates in the critical persian gulf. >> this is not a game. this is reality. these steps would seriously damage a fragile american economy, and they would degrade our ability to respond to crisis precisely at a time of rising instability across the globe. >> question. can the pentagon survive budget cuts or are secretary panetta's worries
defense downsize. >> if these cuts happen, there will be a serious disruption in defense programs and a sharp decline in our military readiness. >> leon panetta is leaving his job as secretary of defense. in an impassioned address this week, secretary panetta warned of the looming budget cuts the pentagon faces due to sequestration. sequestration is washington argot for automatic spending cuts that will slash defense department budget by roughly $42.7 billion this year alone. the...
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. >> well, that was president obama yesterday speaking about massive looming defense budget cuts, as the pentagon threatens to reduce pay for our men and women in uniform and other painful money saving measures and all of that is raising questions about u.s. military strength down the road. now, new polls show americans are concerned. nearly half of our country believes the u.s. is weaker than less powerful than five years ago and less than one quarter think that america is stronger. a retired major general, fox news military analyst. >> good morning, jamie. >> jamie: i don't have to tell you how much i appreciate our troops, they're the greatest and the best. how much will cuts impact readiness. >> and the army cuts the o and m, operation and training budget, some 78% and also means a pay cut for our young men and women, and probably most dangerous, it threatens the contact that the american people have with their soldiers who have gone through what, now, over a decade of very, very painful wars, repeated trips to afghanistan and iraq. great stress on the families and now, these you
. >> well, that was president obama yesterday speaking about massive looming defense budget cuts, as the pentagon threatens to reduce pay for our men and women in uniform and other painful money saving measures and all of that is raising questions about u.s. military strength down the road. now, new polls show americans are concerned. nearly half of our country believes the u.s. is weaker than less powerful than five years ago and less than one quarter think that america is stronger. a...
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part of it is managed by committee i mean helen yesterday when secretary defense panetta and determine the joint chiefs had to testify and they were asked who's in charge and this like i'm just figure out. oh yes this is the problem we manage things like maybe you don't have leadership and one of the things that i've noticed over the past ten years is if people are so afraid to make a decision because of my goodness and they make a mistake and all i make a mistake i may get fired frankly the problem is this we don't make our decisions we don't do things well we can't respond as rapidly as we should to this message so the by the time we get around to it all it takes time to coordinate and it's just outdated and frankly we just cannot respond to them as rapidly as we should and frank with people are pretty thick initiative because they know. now tell me you've been on the ground multiple regions kind of seeing this firsthand one of the biggest challenges we face in wars in afghanistan and also in iraq is quite clearly the language barrier long report after another that has come out showi
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our own samantha bee explores this more in depth with this report >> reporter: last week defense secretary leon panetta made military history when he lifted the ban on women serving in combat. immediately, objections were raised. >> there is a difference in the physicality of women and men >> it's a terrible idea. you're going to have the sex assault problem >> people are going to die reporter: author and military expert kingsley brown >> women in combat positions are a threat to military cohesion. it's not clear that men can actually bond with women the way they bond with other women >> reporter: so women can disrupt romance in combat zones? >> almost by definition. reporter: who are these fatigue hags jeopardizing all that military cohesion? meet marine corps captain zoe biddle a plaintiff in the lawsuit to lift the ban on women in combat >> i think it's about time that women are allowed to serve in all roles >> reporter: why do you want to be the one to break up the band of brothers? don't be the yoko >> unit cohesion is based around common mission and being held to standards. >> report
our own samantha bee explores this more in depth with this report >> reporter: last week defense secretary leon panetta made military history when he lifted the ban on women serving in combat. immediately, objections were raised. >> there is a difference in the physicality of women and men >> it's a terrible idea. you're going to have the sex assault problem >> people are going to die reporter: author and military expert kingsley brown >> women in combat positions...